Product Designer - RealTime AI

Meta•Menlo Park, CA

52d

About The Position

At Meta, we are building Personal Superintelligence to empower every individual with greater agency. The RealTime AI team within MSL is seeking a Principal Product Designer to lead the user experience of embodied, AI-powered agents. In this role, you will operate at the intersection of high-end craft and machine learning research. You will be responsible for translating complex AI capabilities into intuitive, high-fidelity human experiences, ensuring our "RealTime" vision is both technically feasible and resonant with users.

Requirements

Advanced Craft & Systems Thinking: 8-10+ years of experience in product design or creative direction, with a portfolio showcasing the experience solving complex, systems-level problems
AI/ML Fluency: Demonstrated experience designing for non-deterministic systems. You understand prompting, model constraints, and how to design for "graceful failure" in AI
Strategic Autonomy: Proven track record of navigating extreme ambiguity and driving projects from concept to execution with minimal guidance
Prototyping: Proficiency in Figma and a high degree of experience with AI-assisted coding or prototyping tools (e.g., Cursor, Framer, or similar) to demonstrate motion and interaction
Human-Centric Approach: A history of using research and signals to balance technical capabilities with human wellbeing and user agency

Nice To Haves

Conversational UX Experience: Specific experience building digital assistants, chatbots, or virtual beings
Cross-Pillar Impact: Experience driving design standards or initiatives that have been adopted across multiple product teams or organizations
High-Velocity Shipping: Experience operating in "startup-style" environments within larger companies, shipping quickly under technical constraints
Persuasive Communication: Experience representing design at the leadership level (VP/Director), articulating the "why" behind complex design bets

Responsibilities

Drive the Interaction Framework for Embodied AI: Establish and evolve the design patterns for real-time AI. You will define how AI surfaces across mobile, glasses, and future form factors, balancing proactive assistance with user control
Execute Multimodal Design Strategy: Lead the development of scalable interaction systems that integrate voice, vision, and gesture. You will design the feedback loops that make AI feel responsive, low-latency, and contextually aware
Define Behavioral UI: Beyond visual components, you will define the "personality" and pacing of AI interactions. You’ll ensure these agents feel human-centric, reliable, and helpful rather than intrusive
Strategic XFN Partnership: Partner with Product, ML Research, and Engineering to influence model behavior. You will use design as a lens to help the team prioritize data collection and model tuning based on UX needs (e.g., latency vs. accuracy)
Bridge Research and Product: Drive high-velocity prototyping for "zero-to-one" AI features. You will translate raw research (like live world-understanding) into production-ready product visions for the Family of Apps and Reality Labs
Design Leadership & Mentorship: Serve as a pillar of the MSL design community. You will unblock complex design challenges for the team, mentor L5/L6 designers, and raise the collective "quality bar" for AI design within the organization